Oldest 2010 volunteer 'ready to serve'
Nelson Mandela Bay is named after South Africa's world-renowned "elder statesman". It is fitting, then, that the oldest 2010 Fifa World Cup volunteer applicant also hails from the city. And 79-year-old Amrit Daya even shares a birthday with the great man.
Building 2010, one brick at a time
Every morning at 4.45am, Kgotso Mokatsanyane starts getting ready for work. At 6am he catches a minibus taxi, gets out on the Soweto Highway, and walks the short distance to his place of employment. His job is not glamorous – but he is one of the most important people in South African football.
Tiling a piece of World Cup history
By his own admission, 67-year-old Claude Powell was a pretty average footballer. But as a tiler working on the magnificent stadium that will host one of the semi-finals of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, he is putting his signature on World Cup history.
America's highest award for Tutu
US President Barack Obama, presenting America's highest civilian honour to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, said the Nobel Peace Laureate exemplified "that sense of generosity, that spirit of unity, that essence of humanity that South Africans know simply as ubuntu."
Video: Ballet dancer from Gugulethu
"If you are doing ballet, and you're a guy, they will start calling you names. But for me it was not a problem, because I know who I am." South African Ballet Theatre dancer Patrick Mngeni talks about family, learning to dance in a township, and the work that goes into the achieving of dreams.
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